Natero: Machine learning for SaaS customer retention

Statistical Data Analysis Posted by Kathryn Cave on June 06 2016 The world of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning is one that seems to get muddled. On the one hand, there is all the science fiction potential of truly smart machines, on the other, there is the gradual automation of complex data analysis enabled by machine learning. And while the latter tends to be party to all the more bleak predictions about job losses, this isn’t necessarily the case, as the scale of possible number crunching is way beyond human capability, and normally requires the help of human workers. In fact, this is precisely what I think is interesting about machine learning. Forget all all the big scary headline grabbing stuff. Think instead about all those very prosaic areas it…